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DISTRICT MATTERS
'TREMENDOUS ADVANCE IN
TEA PRICES /
The Tea Market has advanced since
last May fully 15 or 16c a pound in
• 'London, Colombo and Calcutta.
Reports reaching the Seed Commis
sioner indicate that seed aherehauts
have been so guided by These pre-
cautions aa to have in many eases
' an insufficient supply -of seed grain
to meet the full requirement/a. So
much of the success of a crop de-
pends an the quality of, the seed
sown as well as the promptness of
gettir}g it into the ground when the
prop seeding time arrives, that
farmers who have not already secur-
ed their full requirements of seed
should see to it without further de-
lay.
TEAS STEADILY ADVANCING
"Teas.—Advances from primary
markets continue to indicate a strong
situation with upward tendencies.
Locally there are no changes but as
stocks are not large there is a strong
possibility for some advances as im-
porters state spot prices are still far
below cost of •replacement."
The above statement in the "Can-
adian Grocer" of March 10th, is au-
thoritative. Those who understand
the tea situation say that unless the
price becomes easier on the primary
market very soon the consumer may
expect to pay 10 or 15 cents more a
pound for tea.
BAYFIELD
'The Late Mrs, I1. Darrow.—On Mon-
day word was received that Mrs.
Darrow had passed away Sunday night
at St. Mary's Hospital, Detroit. Her
son, Clarence Pollock, of London, had
gone Saturday to see her and was
with her when she died. Deceased
was the daughter of Sophia and Fred-
erick Ahrens, and was aged 62 Years
and 3 months, and had always been
a resident of Bayfield. She was
mao-
n+ied to James Pollock on May 23rd,
1888, and his death took place Au-
gust 26th, 1898. To them were born
two sons, Harold, of the Steele Briggs
Co., Toronto, and Clarence, of the
City Gas Co., London. On November
19th, 1902, she was married to Harry
Darrow. Mrs. Darrow is survived by
the above named and four sisters and
one brother, as follows: Mrs. Geo.
Phoenix, 'Saginaw, 'Mick; Mrs, John
Davison, Bayfield; Mrs, James Eagle -
eon, Aberdeen, S. D.; Mrs. II. B.
Kerr, Alta.; Mr. Fred Ahrens,
Pinckney, Mich. The funeral, which
was largely attended, took place from
St, Andrew's Church, of which she
was a devoted member, Thursday af-
ternoon, Rev. Alfred Macfarlane con-
ducting the service. The pallbearers
were: 'Capt. A. W. Stalker, John
Davison, James Dewar, Thos. King,
William J. Stinson and John Darrow.
Those from a distance were: Capt.
and Mrs. A. W• Stalker, Toledo, Ohio;
Mrs. George Phoenix, Miss Lottie
Kerr, Saginaw, Mich; ;'Miss .Minnie
Kerr, Brantfoal; Mrs. H. Lord and
Mr. William Kerr, London; Mr. Win.
} Fee and Misses Mary and Sara Fee,
Hensall; Mr. John Darrow, Lucknow,
and sons, Harold and Clarence. The
most beautiful flowers were from
Clarence Pollock, a pillow; wreaths,
the Staff of the Steele Briggs Co.,
Toronto; Staff of Gas Appliance Co.,
London; The Brennan family, Lon-
don; Miss Grace Cameron, Bayfield;
Harold Pollock, Toronto; sprays,
Miss Lottie Kerr, Mrs. Phoenix, aginaw; Mrs. 18. Lord Lon-
don; Mrs. G. W. and Miss Anna
Woods, Bayfield; Miss Hilda King and
• 0 Mrs. Hales, Windsor; sheaves, Mies
Minnie Kerr, Brantford; St. Andrew's
!Church, Bayfield; W. A. Johnstone
and wife, London; Ladies' Club of
Saginaw, Mich. Mrs. Darrow had
many friends and will be greatly
missed as she was most thoughtful
and kind to any in sickness or .Iron-
ble. The heartfelt sympathy is ex-
tended to the bereaved husband and
$amity.
Breezes.-_IMr. Heard, contractor of
London, arrived last week to com-
plete some of his' last season's work
and commence sonic new cottages,
but the change tp wintry weather is
adndering him somewhat.
WIIAT IS A HOSPITAL? 1S IT A
SCHOOL, A CHARITY, OR A
BUSINESS? A N D WHY
SHOULD_ ILLNESS .COST
SO MUCH?
wile Pu
~ot
�R,mpena'eive �a 1 e
isva hooi ��! M ort‘,
oaks too bie to silo n ,tj 5 0,814 . of
the tax trate at e'teetia ask
city council for .pereais$¢oa tt► have a
tag dayl
• Tllis 1e actually, 'tile usual Iltospital
plan. '
, Wlten the millennium ,comes the
surplus wealth of 'the world will, we
may hope, be available for public us•
es instead of being in the hands of
the C,arnegies, the 'Rothschilds and
the Rockefellers to keep to themselves
or dole out as they see fit. In that
happy day probably one of the first
charges on these (presumablyg+tgan-
tic) publ'ic funds will be the financ-
ing of a 'itublic 'health service by
mean of salaried physicians, sur-
geons, scientists, clinical teachers and
nurses established in district hospitals
wisely and Widely d'is'tributed, and
which will be centres for preventive
work as well as treatment.
When a family is too self-respecting
not to pay its own way, a serious ill-
ness, if treated in a hospital., costs
about 3115 per week besides doctor's
bills, anaesthetists' fee and various
extras. Ought this to be so?
What is a hospital? And what'
Might it to he? Is it a medical
school? Is it a charity? Is it• a
business enterprise? Is it a training
school for nurses? Is it a uublic
service paid for by three who use it
like the railways? Or is it a public
service, like the schools paid for by
the public funds for the benefit of
all and free of charge?
As a matter of fact most hospitals
could be defined in any or all of these
ways. There are a few which are
private enterprises merely, but only
a few. Nearly all trade on their
claim to be philanthropic undertak-
ings and get municipal grants and
exemption from taxation. Moreover,
the individual manager or , joint
stock company can sometimes give
better terms and service than the
public hospital gives to its private
ward patients. Are not the private
and semi -private wards paying fur
the public wards? Is the man wile
pays his way being treated on the
principle of "your extremity is our
opportunity."
Nobody looks the matter honestly
in the face. Boards of management,
who are usually founders and bene-
factors, blame superintendents for
"deficits" (as if a hospital were an
enterprise which ought to produce
dividends) and they blame municipal
councils for withholding large and
larger grants (as if a hospital were
a freemunicipal service like the pub-
lic schools). Then they appeal pa-
thetically to the public in the name
of humanity for assistance (as if it
were a soup -kitchen), except endow-
ments from medical research funds
(on the ground that it is a depart-
ment of a neighboring university),
and claim the right of absolute con-
trol ()as if it were a •private enter-
prise).
In the meantime public ward pa-
tients are writing letters to the news-
papers about chipped crockery, cold
food and poor attendance, claiming
that these are an infringement of a
citizen's rights; private ward patients
are feeling that they are being forced
to pay through the nose for 'goods"
pJa 1 q ^tat eine. F
siMi ..t
Old Houle '
UP' Mere
br$' lrs, WjAt'i+r
Srtgltafl11L aid much theme
e'he did 'a Schoolgirls the
place •will 'ie.e ,�kle, even
as
the dingy ># ,Apr? ea at 'times
in the sunlight.,
The Ottawa, Rivet 16 brighter and
more colorful than -the Thames, but
the 'Canadian parliament could stand
a good deal, more, 'laid ghter than it
has. It's up to you, Miss McPhail..
A GOOD MEDICINE .
FOR THE SPRINGTIME
Not sick --but not feeling quite well.
That is the way most people feel in
the spring. Easily tired, appetite
fickle, sometimes headaches and a
feeling of depression. Pimples or
eruptions may, appear 'on the skin, or
there may be twinges of rheumatism
or neuralgia. Apy of these indicate
that the blood is obit of order—that
the indoor life of winter has left its,
mark upon you and may easily de-
velop into more serious trouble.
Do not dose yourself with purga-
tives, as so many people do, in the
hope that you can put your blood
right. Purgatives gallop through the
system and weaken instead of giving
strength. Any doctor will tell you
this is true. What you need in the
spring is a tonic that will enrich the
¢food and build up the nerves. Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills do this speedily,
safely and surely. Every dos,, of this
medicine helps to enrich the blood,
which clears the skin, ,trengthens
the appetite and makes tired, depress-
ed men, women and children bright,
active and strong. Miss S. I,. Mc-
Eachron; Nairn P. 0., N.b', says: "I
have been in the habit of taking Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills in the spring
and they keep me in 11" best of
health. I think it is entirely due to
the use of these pills"that I always
have such good health."
Sold by all medicine dealer; or by
mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes
for 32.50 from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont,
WOMEN MAKING PARLIAMENT
REAL HILARIOUS CENTRE
Margaret Wintrington is the first
English -.born woman to be a member
of the British House of Common.
Lady Astor, who preceded her in
getting there, was born in the United
States.
Mrs. Wintringham's•busband, Toni,
represented a Yorkshire constituency.
When he died suddenly in the smok-
ing -room of the House, his constitu-
ents elected his wife.
Yorkshire papers ascribe Tom W in-
tringham'a election in the first place
to Mrs. Wintzdngham's popularyty.
She campaigned' for him amid the
welter of plows, carts, pigs, sheep
and horses which make market day
in a Yorkshire town so interesting.
She talked about cheeses to men
and women whose business in life
was to make them. The constituents
found themselves addressed in the
peculiarities of their own dialect by
a woman whom the Yorkshire Post
calls -"an exquisite creature," and
who is described by the London
(Chronicle as being "statuesque in
Juno's style." The London Times
contents itself with referring to her
as being "well built."
In her early days Mrs. Wintning-
ham learned to cook rabbit stew es-
pecially well, and this and other culi-
nary experience she has turned to
good account by improvising kitchens
and preparing meals for the unem-
ployed.
Before her marriage, this woman
was head mistress of a girls' school
in Yorkshire. One of her old pupils
says she succeeded because she was
always laughing, and that made the
The Canadian spring weather—one
day mild and bright; the next raw
and blustery is extremely hard on
the baby. 'Conditions are such that,
the mother cannot take the little one
out for the fresh air so much to be
desired. He is confined to the house
which is so often over -heated and
Bradly ventilated. He catches cold;
anis little stomach and bowels become
disordered and the mother soon has
a sick baby to look after. To pre-
vent this an occasional dose of which are very perfunctory end
Baby's Own Tablets should be given. grudgingly "d'elivered'," and sturdy
They regulate the stomach and bow- beggars with well-filled purses are
els, thus preventing or banishing obtaining for nothing the services of
colds, simple fevers, colic or any the best surgeons, physicians and
other of the many minor ailments of nurses in the country—services which
childhood. The Tablets are sold by the self-respecting paterfamilias,: div -
medicine dealers or by mail at 25 ing on a modest salary, either goes
cents .a box from The Dr. Williams' 1 without or mortgages his future to
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
The United. Kiingdom 'has been 'the
'heaviest purchaser, taking In sit over
2,000,000 barrels, as compared with
about 1,100,000 barrels in the same
time a year ago. The United States
purchased only 286,220 barrels, while
other countries absorbed 870,000 bar -
Regina, Saskatchewan.—Amengthe
'minerals found in the Wapawekka-
'lake district by the exploration Marty
sent into the fax northern part of
the province by the provincial 'gov-
ernment are ochres, unifiers, paint
'clays, bog iron ore, carbonaceous
sands, shales, fire clay,. glass sands
and coal. Commenting upon the
ochres and umbers found in the min-
eral waters of the lake, the ceramic
engineer of the University of Sas-
katchewan and geologist of the party
says that the samples have proven
very satisfactory, 'particularly the
ochres.
Toronto, Ontario.—The volume of of forest land in ,the ,province of in the Province of Alberta last yea,
contemplated construction reported in Quebec is 450,337,761 acres, or 703,653 bringing the total mileage up to 4„7,89
Canada during February, according square miles, according to the pro- as compared with 1,782 in 1918, mild
to 'figures compiled by Maclean's vincial lands and forest department. 1,060 in 1906, according to V. W.
Building Reports, Limited, amounted This does not include the Ungava -Smith, Minister of Railways and
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to $27,011,200, compared with $22,- territory annexed in 1912, which Telephones. Of the total mileage the
391k
,600 in January. The value of the practically doubles the surface. Ac- 'Canadian Pacific accounted for 1,974,
contracts awarded in February a- coaling to the last census, taken in
Ca64nadian
National
dmonton, alD1 95 and Britishl
mounted to $10,718,300 and repres- 1911, the properties belong g
ents an encouraging advance over the private individuals, companies and Columbia 408, Alberta and Great
January figures of 38592.600. communities, covered at that time Waterways wbe28 d C Central
Canada
n4ern g '12
North Bay, Ontario. —The current 15,613,267 acres.
andYear has commenced with a general 'Saint Johns, Newfoundland. — A Ottawa, Ontario.—A National Can -
rush in the staking of mining claims pioneer air Hight to the Labrador ed'ian motion picture movement which
throughout northern Ontario which coast was recently matte by Major has been attracting a great deal of
has gathered increased momentum Sidney Cotton, who flew from Bot- attention during the last few months
from the exceptionally favorable re- wood, Newfoundland, to Battle Creek, lies culminated in the formation of a
sults at the producing gold mines. Labrador, with mail. 'Hitherto the federal company, to be managed lee -
According to the department of mines
more than 300 claims were recorded
in January and February in the
Lardner lake mining division.
Penticton, British Columbia.—Dia-
mond drilling at the White lake coal
mine here has revealed a six-foot
seam at 250 feet and a three-foot
seam at 400 feet with intermediary
series of lesser dimensions. An an-
alysis of coal runs 78 per cent. mixed
carbon; it is low in sulphur and
moisture and is not badly crushed.
The property is believed to be a valu-
able one and the promoters hope to
induce the government to put down
a 2,000 -foot drill.
Halifax, Nova Scotia—A big fish
firm in Paris, France, has been work -
0 OP
budbt
•1S : /Merle fia tai
A � 'museum. It��,
a ' l000 eiethettgh We a Q�
he not p� plebe 11
'stands beside '4t. The w'
was secured' through the lata
3,. > i ton's good 9fliees, Two'bulltere
wel'etrying to smuggle the animal
Out of the province when he was
premier. They were caught after
they bad brought it down from 400
miles north of the Mackenzie basin
and the specimen was turned over to
the, Calgary Natural lstory society.
Very few of these animals 'have been
seen in recent years much less shot,
and their presenee is even regarded
by many of the residents and trap-
pers of the Far North as mythical.
Vancouver, 'British Columbia. --Re-
cent investigations has disclosed the
presence of many minerals in close
proximity to Vancouver. The moun-
tains on the north Side of the city
.have been found to be rich in molyb-
denite lead, iron and copper. Cape-
lando Lepur and Superior show fine
minetal out-croppings.
Quebec, Ontario.—The total area
bee been'ae flautgl
6eeeen' efneuttte,It;l
In additlenba and t •.
thele On Ade
route east • of 'Aviog+glL�l4y,'.''y
660 more en, routeolaar 61,:
Montreal, Quebec 4' ;
bags of Canadian flotir
seated to the Save the, •Il ' &
eian Relief Fund by '4'
Pacific Railway, rl'(eslsleut
Beatty announced. '"I am .ent
sympathy with :the objec'te
fund," said Mr. 'Beatty, "fid ever•:''
thing possible should be dons 611+
leviate the suffering of these o W
In-
nate children." A cAmpa 'wlit
shortly be launched in Canada on a
nation-wide scale with the sanction
of the Canadian governanent.
Edmonton, Alberta.—Ninety-three
miles of new railway was constructed
CANADIAN NEWS NOTES
Toronto, Ontario.—The volume of
Hour exlplort from Canada for the
five months ending January aggre-
gated 3,25:1,409 barrels, a- compared
with 2,935,789 barrels for the corre-
sponding period of the previous year.
Labrador settlers have had to depend
for communication with the outside
world on mails carried by way of
Quebec.
Vancouver, British Columbia.—
Chinese merchants have Degan to buy
British Columbia lumber direct. Hith-
irto the majerily of British Colum-
bia lumber that went to China passed
through Japanese hands. It is ex-
pected that large quantities will go
forward to the Chinese market this
year from British Columbia mills.
Saint John, New Brunswick.—Dur-
ing February the Canadian Pacific
railway delivered to ocean liners here
3,700,000 bushels of grain, compared
with 1,154,000 bushels during the cor-
responding month in 1921. There
ally, which will be known as the Ot-
tawa Film Productions, Limited. An
advisory council of leading statesmen,
journalists, authors, club women and
social workers will co-operate with the •
producing unit to safeguard against
possible evils.
Oshawa, Ontario.—Oshawa's hous-
ing commission, which had an appro-
priation of $600,000 when it com-
menced operations, in a preliminary
statement shows that $464,000 has
been expended in the purchase of land
and the erection of houses, of which
were built on its owns lands and 33
for private parties. Only seven houses,
remain unsold. Seventy-five per cent.
of the houses weer, sold to returned
soldiers.
Why8o Much Emphasis On The Taper?
SEED TIME AND THE OAT
SUPPLY
The unfortunate crop conditions in
1921 in. many parts of 'Can'ada, more
especially for oats led the 'Seed Pur-
chasing 'Commission of the Seed
Branch at Ottawa, to hold in reserve
considerably more than half a million
bushels of No. 1 seed a grain was
spring's seeding. ooats
'-ebo'red in government interior Saska-
toon,
foal elevators at Calgary
Early to March about 400,000
bushels of this grain had been dia-
-posed of, a considerable proportion
it 'going to Ontario, Quebec, and
In eastern points. The Seed Pu'r-
. lets nlasion supplies seed
•oaI1 is oar Roads only and et the
net
the reed sed.
tned"Asals during recant months
'bankers ,aridhe6r s have misted in
.enooitraging'meto'hanie to -be eautdcers.•
pay for.
The arguments for free national
hospitals are just as good as the ar-
guments for free national schools.
People who preferred their own fam-
ily doctors could still have them, just
as people who prefer their own priv-
ate tutors and governesses may have
them now, and it would be certainly
a great advantage to know what, one
is paying for and what one is getting
for nothing.
It is interesting to notice what the
educational service would be like if
it were managed in the same way as
the hospitals. Perbape the following
plan for -reducing the school tax rate
will. commend itself to some enter-
prising board of education which is
wrestling With the +financial difR'cul-
tieacreated by the adolescent act.
Eutwo wings to some of your
ha'gb9 bchoois. 4n one of them es-
tablish a training sesoo1.for teachere,
and in the other 4,. private school,
charging fees. Then Mariinge this
combination on what hospitals call a
business basis—that is, try to melee
sound reasons
perfection in
_ Here reasons Three
why Tapered Slates—Brantford Winthrop Tapered Asphalt Slates— mean
roofing material.
are Three
absolutely
They are the big butt slates—the only asphalt slates that
give a shadow line, which so improves the appearance of
a roof—something architects have long wanted in Asphalt
Slates.
2 They are scientifically constructed. They are tapered.
Being thicker at one end than the other, the butt of the
These slates are manufactured by us under a
Special License. Their base is a heavy -weight, long -
fibred, rag felt; every fibre of which is permeated--
saturated—with a hard grade of asphalt—then coated
with a still harder grade of asphalt.
While this asphalt is still hot, crushed slate is
Incrusted and embedded into the coating—the asphalt
ir ofle thend sunett so hard that The crushedtresislate is' blistering
nature'sown
colors, red,, green or blue -black.
overlapping slate lies flat on the upper part of the slate
in the row below. No rain or snow can accumulate under-
Death—wind cannot get under them and blow them off.
Being tapered, extra thickness and weight are distributed
where extra thickness and weight are needed—in the part
exposed to the weather.
Marks
Brantford RoofingTrade
Distributed under
tonby Brantf
furs shedord • and service renderedoofing Dealers. c by ourk ainforma-
tion
dealers in
your district.
Write for our Booklet "Permanent Roofing Satisfaction."
11 ill be mailed free to responsible parties.
For Sale by Henry Edge and N. Cluff & Sons
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